The World’s Most Advanced Weather Forecasting Operation Is Being Gutted by Trump Budget Cuts

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, warns that NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Office—one of the world’s premier climate science institutions—is facing drastic budget cuts from $485 million to under $170 million. This threatens the future of advanced weather forecasting. However, McIntyre notes that AI could step in as a powerful replacement, with tech leaders like Google and NVIDIA already developing superior AI-based weather models. The U.S. may be poised to lose a critical public resource just as private-sector AI emerges as a potential savior.